7 ENCOUNTER WITH A DRUID (1/2)

Param was sweating bullets. They had been surrounded by some elf like people. All of them had the signature long ears and attractive faces. Even the ugliest of them could work as a model.

The leader of the team seemed like a beautiful woman. Param was embarrassed when she stared at him. He wasn't shy, it was because of his strainer like robe. A few dozen days had made multiple holes in it.

He didn't feel weird when he was with Madhu, but it was different now. What irritated him was that he wore no undergarments under his robe- he was totally commando underneath.

The soldiers who surrounded the two people were tensed. Claire could feel it. No one who could stay alive in the forest be someone ordinary. It was wise to be polite now.

”Hold your weapons !” she shouted at her soldiers. ”My apologies. I am Claire, the chief of the Fairy colony in the Gateway Island.”

She walked towards the two.

The white man seemed surprised.

”So you are all fairies ?” he asked.

Now it was Claire's turn to be surprised. The white man didn't know basic things regarding races. She was curious about their origin.

”No sir. I am an Oni, while these soldiers are Elfs.”

How could he not know such things when his companion was a Fairy ?

”I am Param, and this is Madhu” Param replied the chief named Claire while pointing his thumb at Madhu.

”Are you not a part of the Fairy royal family ?” Claire asked Madhu.

”Uh-huh” she denied shaking her head. ”I've lost my memories and Param has been taking care of me.”

”Oh…” Claire was astonished. Every Fairy was a rare being even in the Fairy Continent. And here she was seeing a Fairy with amnesia.

Param was watching her reaction. He was afraid they might have some ulterior motives and might kill or kidnap them. Fortunately they weren't hostile. Moreover according to her Madhu was possibly a Fairy.

She invited them to their colony and they both obliged. They talked about a few things and Claire tactfully avoided asking them about their origins. Param was grateful because it would've been difficult to explain that he was the son of a rock.

Along the way they talked about many things, and Param finally had some understanding about this world.

This world had many races and many continents. There were Races like Dragons, Druids, Fairies, Devils, Giants, Beastmen and Humans. What was more interesting that there were even variants of these species! That was a great deal to remember.

Claire was very thorough in explaining.

”Fairies are the topmost species of the Fairy Race with the thickest bloodline of the Fairy Progenitor. Oni were formed when the bloodline thinned. As the bloodlines and their innate magical talent deteriorated, various creatures were formed. First Elfs, then Dwarfs and finally the nasty Goblins.”

Param's face was flushed. Truly a fantasy world. They even found a reason to insert fantasy species !

”Do all look the same ?” Madhu asked abruptly.

”No” Claire replied shaking her head. ”The Goblins are short and look somewhat like kids while the Dwarfs,Elfs and Oni look like humans. The Oni is the only species which has small horns over their forehead.”

There were a few weak beasts who attacked their march and were killed by the escorting soldiers. Param was hoping for some display of magic, but unfortunately all he saw was the usual slashing and hacking.

”Can you do magic ?” he asked the Chief seriously.

When they stayed in the forest they only hunted small beasts (yes, those were small beasts) so he never saw any beast attack using magic. Although the existence of some humongous creatures was also some kind of magic, Param wanted to see some classical ones, perhaps a fire ball or an ice spear !

Claire was somewhat shocked by his question. He was leaking Profound Energy and yet he didn't know about magic ! She thought for a moment that he was joking with her but seeing his dead serious face she knew he knew nothing about magic.

”Let's rest first. I need to inform my superiors and then we can discuss more about this.”

”Sure”

They saw dozens of camps of the fairies and relaxed. They had arrived at the Fairy colony.

***

Yun Bao was one of the Druid Elders who'd come with the Fairy people.

The Druids were a female-only race, and were more passive to worldly affairs then the other races.

Perhaps to fill in the gap, the Druids had schemes more extensive than the Dragons.